Sprinkle Consulting To Start Study Next Month of Tampa Bypass Canal Trail Crossings

BAM Network Update -- I learned tonight that Sprinkle Consulting will start next month on a six-month consulting job for the Hillsborough MPO on the Tampa Bypass Canal Trail crossings.

SWFBUD is pushing for the BAM Network -- a regional three-trail system of the Tampa Bypass Canal Trail, the South Coast Greenway and the Selmon Expressway Greenway.

The Tampa Bypass Canal Trail is a 17-mile trail from New Tampa along the Bypass Canal Trail to State Road 60. It's grass now. But we want the trail paved to allow more bicyclists to use it.

Bicyclist Killed in Hillsborough County Last Night

Another bicyclist is killed in Hillsborough County.

SWFBUD Swap Meet -- Feb 19, 11 am to 3 pm at Taco Bus St. Petersburg

SWFBUD is proud to announce its inaugural SWFBUD Swap Meet at the Taco Bus parking lot on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg on Feb 19 from 11 am to 3 pm. We will also have live music while you shop for cool bike gear and parts at the Taco Bus in St. Pete.

Bike Commuter on 40th Street

My friend Allan Feldman bikes from Seminole Heights to the USF campus.

Why Bikes Lanes Are Good

I was cycling north on Morris Bridge Road this morning when a car in the opposite direction passed a car in its lane and came mighty close to striking me. Here's why bike lanes are good -- take a look.

Go By Bike -- And Park At The Seminole Heights Outdoor Market

They came by bicycle, the folks on mountain bikes and road bicycles, on fixed-gear and urban-commuter chariots and even a bike with a trailor. The bicyclists who pedaled to today's Seminole Heights Market were an assorted lot bound by the sheer joy of arriving at the community gathering place via human-powered transportation.

Community Cycling With The SHBC

Every first Saturday of the month, I stroll down my driveway and greet the cyclists who come for the easy and casual 6-mile ride I lead through SAeminole Heights.

You never who will attend. We have our regulars such as the czar of the bike valet Jim Shirk, our Seminole Heights Bicycle Club communications manager and always friendly Margarey Shepherd and Wes and Faye, too.

And this morning we had 10-year-old Joseph who lives near Margaret, a teacher named Neil who I met at a climate symposium at Blahe Highh School in November and Kelly, who grew up in metro Tampa, lived in Boston for 24 years and has returned to Tampa.

We biked down 12th Street to Park Circle and the Hillsborough River, checked out 22nd Street Park, biked back to Lake Roberta for a lap around the ol' lake and finished back at my house.

See you Sunday morning at the Seminole Heights Market at Hillsborough School where the SHBC tent will be up and Jim Shirk and I will be ready to chat neighborhood and community bicycling with you.